Project set within the grounds of Edinburgh Castle at night using powerful 3D projection mapping to bring its history to life in a fun and engaging way to an audience of 60,000+ people over 6 weeks during the winters of 2019 and 2021. Commissioned by Historic Environment Scotland.
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Lost Treasure
I worked on this with singer Drew Wright and filmmaker Minttu Mantynen. Lost Treasure is an unfinished project by The Dawn Cine Group, a 1950s film-making collective from Glasgow with political and social objectives. Working with the 40 minutes of silent black and white footage and the original script, we made a new piece in …
Whatever Gets You Through The Night
Theatre/film/music/book project made with Cora Bissett and David Greig. Starting out as an idea for a music-driven theatre project, Whatever Gets You Through The Night soon grew into an award-winning theatre show (which I performed in), a 16-track album (which I produced), a film (which I recorded and mixed sound for) and a 32-page book …
Swimmer One
A band that was active for 10 years between 2002 and 2012. We made 2 albums, a handful of singles, some films and two theatre shows. We performed everywhere from theatre festivals in Italy to clubs in Soho. Somehow, despite releasing music on our own label, our first single got multiple plays on daytime BBC …
Byline
I provided music for an advert by crowd-funding journalism site Byline, which provides a platform to connect readers with investigative journalists. I also handled all licensing contracts. This was a project of particular interest to me as someone with 15+ years of journalism experience (including time on staff at two national papers) and with many …
Stones / Avanim
A collaboration with choreographer/dancer Merav Israel and her company LaNua on a site-specific installation in Old Ambulance Depot, Edinburgh with dancers Rosalind Masson, Monika Smekot, Monica De Ioanni and Iraya Noble. I worked with the dancers in devising the music and sound design during the development stage of the project. I installed a 4-way sound …
Public: Private
Extract from a 2004 film by Daniel Warren. A commission for the National Galleries of Scotland Education Department and Scottish Ballet.